Weightlifting makes older women leaner, stronger and more mobileMon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Lifting at least 50 kilograms twice a week improved older women's muscle mass, mobility and balance | |
Quantum computing may be facing a replication crisisMon, 17 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A review of thousands of scientific papers about quantum computers finds that most don’t provide codes that can be tested on independent devices or that those codes don’t work | |
Rogue hacking AIs have changed the cybersecurity landscapeMon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Attackers with no technical skills can now use AI models to find and exploit loopholes quickly and they can deploy them on a massive scale, raising fears that organisations without large budgets for cyber defence will be much more vulnerable | |
Test moderators use AI-generated writing to judge literacy standardsFri, 14 Aug 2026 14:28:46 +0000 To cut the cost of key stage 2 assessments, a UK government project proposes to use scripts generated by ChatGPT instead of real children's writing as examples supplied to moderators who check that grades are awarded fairly | |
THC in cannabis may reduce nightmares in people with PTSDFri, 14 Aug 2026 14:02:34 +0000 A drug made up of THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, reduced the severity and incidence of nightmares in people with PTSD | |
Fishers detonate a bomb every hour on one Indonesian coral reefFri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:55 +0000 The use of explosives to kill fish is widespread across the tropics, and acoustic monitoring in an Indonesian archipelago detected more than 3500 explosions in 483 days | |
How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:18:23 +0000 Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions, resulting in restrictions on water use in many areas and severe wildfires – here's how it's affecting farming, wildlife and trees | |
Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolutionFri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution | |
Why do people ask so few questions in conversation?Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 We've perhaps been conditioned to not ask too many questions, in case it comes across as rude or prying. But columnist David Robson argues that asking people open-ended questions benefits our wellbeing, and doesn't have to be complicated | |
‘Remarkable’ discovery upends our understanding of how brains store memoriesThu, 13 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our knowledge of memory in the mammalian brain | |